Registered Nurse (Researcher)

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Summary

The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is recruiting for a Full-Time Registered Nurse - RN Researcher. The RN Researcher will function under the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC). This position includes responsibilities in GRECC nursing research and coordination of the Geriatric Nurse Practitioner training program.

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Summary

The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is recruiting for a Full-Time Registered Nurse - RN Researcher. The RN Researcher will function under the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC). This position includes responsibilities in GRECC nursing research and coordination of the Geriatric Nurse Practitioner training program.

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Overview

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Open date: 07/29/2026 Closed date: 08/06/2026

Location

Cleveland, OH

1 vacancy

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Telework eligibleYes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote jobNoRelocation expenses reimbursed No Salary $82,275 - $151,235 per year Pay scale & grade

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Promotion potential 3

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Work scheduleFull-timeTravel RequiredNot required

Appointment typePermanent

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• [0610 Nurse](https://www.usajobs.gov/search/results/?j=0610)

Supervisory statusNoFederal service typeThis job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a unionYes

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Duties

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• Provides educational instruction and training for nursing staff in clinical and outpatient units.
• Understands instructional design, implementation, and application related to education and training.
• Performs learning needs assessments, develops educational trainings for clinical staff within organization.
• Assists with the orientation of new employees, evaluation of their progress in the orientation process, and development and implementation of a learning plan for improving identified deficiencies.
• Supports nurse residency programs including the development of curriculum utilizing strategic learning methodologies such as simulation, lecture case studies and virtual reality.
• Systematically evaluates current practice, formulate outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within area of expertise.
• Collaborates with other Clinical Nurse Educators and inter professional healthcare teams in the ongoing clinical education activities including in-services, training, competency assessment, and evaluations of both current and new staff nursing skills.
• Reviews current nursing literature for new trends and changes based on evidence-based research with the ability to propose practice and documentation revisions based on evaluation of outcomes.
• Collaborates with leadership and unit managers to identify educational training needs for staff, while supporting activities that foster competence, critical thinking, and decision making.
• Ability to analyze, interpret, and evaluate data to determine outcomes and changes related to educational programs.
• Working occasional Weekend and Evenings required

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: [VA Nurse Total Rewards](https://www.vacareers.va.gov/Home/PdfViewer?issuu=vha_totalrewardsbrochure_nursing)

**Pay:** Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

**Paid Time Off:** 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

**Retirement:** Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

**Insurance:** Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

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** 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

** 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Occasional nights and weekends )

**Telework:** Ad-hoc telework schedule may be available per agency directive

**Virtual:** This is not a virtual position.

**Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:** Not Authorized

**Permanent Change of Station (PCS)**: Not Authorized

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• U. S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

Qualifications

• **English Language Proficiency.** In accordance with 38 U. S. C. 7403(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
• **Graduate of a school of professional nursing** approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing ( [ACEN](http://www.acenursing.org/)) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education ( [CCNE](http://www.aacnnursing.org/CCNE)); **OR** Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6); **OR** In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware ( [ICD](http://www.icdeval.com/)).
• **Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration** as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia. Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements, but do not possess the required licensure, may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a GNT on a 120-day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis.)

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